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Is Egypt's parliament going after beauty queens?

Egyptian lawmakers have called for the banning of the Miss Egypt Pageant until a law can be issued to provide government oversight for beauty contests.
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CAIRO — Miss Egypt 2017 was crowned Oct. 2 amid wide controversy over the legality of the contest being held without government supervision and accusations of indecency that spread in the media.

Solaf Darwish, a member of the parliamentary Human Rights Committee, said that leaked videos and pictures of the beauty contestants taken by cameras installed in the rooms showed the immoral behavior of contestants, which goes against the customs of Egyptian society. Darwish also revealed that one of the contestants, whom she did not name, withdrew from the pageant after she was allegedly subject to abuses.

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